Philosophy: aesthetics
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Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback. Presents a fresh look at an ancient question, bringing it into contemporary relief. This volume offers a comprehensive account of Plato's influence through nearly the whole history of Western aesthetics. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; HPC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226272634
- ISBN
- 9780226272634
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€ 41.99€ 32.56
€ 41.99
€ 32.56
Hardcover. Despite its foundational role in the history of philosophy, Plato's famous argument that art does not have access to truth or knowledge is now rarely examined, in part because recent philosophers have assumed that Plato's challenge was resolved long ago. In this title, the author argues that Plato has in fact never been satisfactorily answered. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226040028
- ISBN
- 9780226040028
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€ 94.82€ 79.17
€ 94.82
€ 79.17
paperback. Series: Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 146. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780262533447
- ISBN
- 9780262533447
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.93
€ 26.99
€ 22.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: APF; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816669967
- ISBN
- 9780816669967
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Philosophy and Blade Runner explores philosophical issues in the film Blade Runner, including human nature, personhood, identity, consciousness, free will, morality, God, death, and the meaning of life. The result is a novel analysis of the greatest science fiction film of all time and a unique contribution to the philosophy of film. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 199 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137412287
- ISBN
- 9781137412287
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Condition: New
€ 39.69
€ 39.69
Hardcover. The first volume of its kind to analyze the impact that theories and practices of imaging have had on a variety of fields. It draws on an impressive range of philosophical approaches, from analytic, to pragmatic, to phenomenological - concluding that imaging is developing a social and cultural impact comparable to language. Editor(s): Selinger, Evan. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; JMM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580657
- ISBN
- 9780230580657
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Condition: New
€ 122.81
€ 122.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 38. .
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816694433
- ISBN
- 9780816694433
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. Studies in the philosophy of John Dewey, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Santayana and Native American philosophy that argue for an ecological, aesthetic form of philosophy. Series: American Philosophy (FUP). Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 618.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251216
- ISBN
- 9780823251216
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€ 46.99€ 41.66
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Paperback. Examines films' ability to discuss, and criticize ideas that have puzzled philosophers over the centuries such as the nature of personhood, the basis of morality, and epistemological skepticism. This book offers a systematic account of the ways in which specific films undertake the task of philosophy. It is of interest to students of philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; HPN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415774314
- ISBN
- 9780415774314
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Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Paperback. An impressive collection bringing together contributions of renowned scholars on the topic of a "New Poetics of Community" that goes beyond both a romantic nostalgia for homogeneity and the myths of social engineering and rational choice. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270927
- ISBN
- 9780823270927
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Condition: New
€ 32.05
€ 32.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649153
- ISBN
- 9780745649153
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Condition: New
€ 69.80
€ 69.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 246 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649160
- ISBN
- 9780745649160
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Condition: New
€ 24.49
€ 24.49
Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 55. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780936598
- ISBN
- 9781780936598
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€ 31.99€ 26.80
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Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816611874
- ISBN
- 9780816611874
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€ 26.99€ 25.01
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Paperback. How is performer-object interaction enacted and perceived in the theatre? How thereby are varieties of 'meaning' also enacted and perceived? Using cognitive theory and ecological ontology, Paavolainen investigates how the interplay of actors and objects affords a degree of enjoyment and understanding, whether or not the viewer speaks the language. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 298 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HPN; JFC; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349447459
- ISBN
- 9781349447459
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Condition: New
€ 122.33
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Paperback. This book addresses the multiple meanings of nostalgia in the literature of the period. Whether depicted as an emotion, remembrance, or fixation, these essays demonstrate that the nostalgic impulse reveals how deeply rooted in the damaged, the old, and the vanishing, were the variety of efforts to imagine and produce the new the distinctly modern." Editor(s): Clewell, Tammy. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459841
- ISBN
- 9781349459841
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Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardcover. In this text, Schaffer analyzes writers such as Lucas Malet, Ouida, Alice Meynell, Rosamund Marriott Watson and Una Ashworth Taylor. These women used aestheticism to forge a compromise between the two models of female identity available to them - the New Woman and the Angel in the House. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HPN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919362
- ISBN
- 9780813919362
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Condition: New
€ 90.42
€ 90.42
Hardback. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 150 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792304180
- ISBN
- 9780792304180
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Condition: New
€ 124.16
€ 124.16
Paperback. Utilizing a wide range of theoretical and creative texts, Phillips offers an examination of subjectivity as considered, enacted, and embodied, through the frame of minimalist aesthetics. Provocatively, he makes the claim that lived experience is capable of being refined according to the paradoxically rich parameters of a minimalist aesthetic. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; DSA; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349465620
- ISBN
- 9781349465620
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Condition: New
€ 62.71
€ 62.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Petersen, Nils Holger; Christffersen, Svein Aage. Num Pages: 138 pages, b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DND; 2ACSD; ABA; ACB; ACG; HPN; HRAB; HRCC1; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763504959
- ISBN
- 9788763504959
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€ 30.99€ 22.22
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Paperback. The angelcan be viewed as a signal reference to modernist attempts to accommodate religious languages to self-consciously modern cultures.This book uses the angel to explore the relations between modernist literature and early twentieth-century debates over the secular and/or religious character of the modern age." Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC; HPN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349324743
- ISBN
- 9781349324743
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Condition: New
€ 63.48
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226774473
- ISBN
- 9780226774473
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.29
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Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 color + 80 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; ABQ; ACND; AGC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 190. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300219197
- ISBN
- 9780300219197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.19€ 50.63
€ 65.19
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415705950
- ISBN
- 9780415705950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.99
€ 80.99